CRITIQUE OF THE “SCHOOLS WITHOUT PARTIES” MOVEMENT: A LOOK THROUGH THE CRITICAL-OVERCOMING PERSPECTIVE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Abstract

This essay aims to analyze and critically discuss the movement called “schools without parties”, looking into its origin, the socio-political context in which it develops and the arguments that sustain it. It attempts to take a brief look at it through the Physical Education knowledge area, specifically through the critical-overcoming perspective, and see what its immediate and future ramifications and consequences are for PE teaching and PE teachers’ work in the public school context. Finally, it suggests possibilities and actions to confront the conservative discourse and advocate critical education and Physical Education in which students are active subjects of the teaching-learning process.